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Hassenaah...Meremoth...Uriah...Hakkoz...Meshullam...Berechiah...Meshezabel...Zadok...Baana
These are names of men who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
they set its doors
"they installed its doors" or "they put its doors in place"
its bolts and its bars
"its locking mechanisms" or "its locks"
the Tekoites
These are workers from the town of Tekoa.
their leaders refused to do the work ordered by their supervisors
The Hebrew word translated "supervisors" may have been intended to be a reference to the Lord their God. AT: "their noblemen refused to serve their Lord."